Plastic Surgery
Starting from
$3,000
Up to $20,000 depending on centre
Typical duration
10–30 days
Including pre-operative work-up
Partner hospitals
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Advanced burn reconstruction restores function and appearance following severe burns, with leading centers in India, Turkey, and Thailand offering internationally accredited care at a fraction of Western costs. Expert plastic surgeons combine skin grafting, flap techniques, and scar management to deliver life-changing outcomes for patients with complex burn injuries.
Your case is matched to a centre on the basis of clinical outcome data, not marketing. We coordinate every step — from pre-operative work-up to post-treatment follow-up — with a dedicated care coordinator.
Burn Reconstruction and Skin Grafting
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Average coordinated costs across our partner centres. Final pricing depends on clinical complexity and chosen hospital.
| Country | Avg. cost | vs. cheapest |
|---|---|---|
🇮🇳 India New Delhi · Chennai · Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Mumbai · Kochi | $4,000 | —chevron_right |
🇹🇷 Turkey Istanbul | $10,000 | +150%chevron_right |
Costs are indicative estimates and vary by procedure specifics, hospital, and clinical complexity. Request a personalised estimate for your specific case.
This treatment category covers several different operations with different levels of invasiveness, recovery times, and costs. The country averages above blend all of them together — use the breakdown below for a more realistic, procedure-specific estimate.
A thin layer of skin — the epidermis and part of the dermis — is shaved from a healthy donor site (often the thigh) and laid over a burn wound to close it and encourage healing. It is the most common grafting technique for covering large burned areas.
Typical recovery · 3–4 weeks
Hospital stay ranges from a few days to about two weeks depending on burn size. The graft typically adheres within 5–7 days, dressings continue for 1–2 weeks, and the graft site should be protected from friction and trauma for 3–4 weeks; the donor site heals in a similar timeframe.
India
$3,500–$6,500
Turkey
$2,500–$7,500
Thailand
$3,500–$11,000
A full layer of skin, including the complete dermis, is removed from a donor site (commonly the groin, forearm, or behind the ear) and transplanted to the burn site. It produces a more durable, natural-looking result than a split-thickness graft but requires a healthier wound bed and leaves a donor-site scar needing direct closure.
Typical recovery · 4–6 weeks
Because the graft is thicker, it takes longer to establish a new blood supply than a split-thickness graft, with the first week being critical to graft survival. Most patients need 4–6 weeks before the graft and donor site are fully settled, with cosmetic outcome continuing to improve over several months.
India
$4,000–$7,000
Turkey
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Thailand
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Tight, rope-like scar bands that restrict movement across a joint or across the neck, hands, or face are surgically divided and released — often using Z-plasty or a skin/local flap technique to redistribute tension — to restore range of motion lost as burn scars matured and contracted.
Typical recovery · 4–6 weeks
Often performed as day surgery or with a short hospital stay. Wounds are largely healed within 10–14 days, but activity that stresses the released area is limited for about a month while the repair gains strength, and supervised physiotherapy/splinting is usually needed for months afterward to maintain the regained motion.
India
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Turkey
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Thailand
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
A silicone balloon expander is implanted under healthy skin next to a burn scar and gradually inflated with saline over several weeks, stretching the skin so it can later be advanced or rotated to replace the excised scar with matching, well-vascularized tissue — commonly used for scalp, face, and large truncal burn scars.
Typical recovery · 3–4 months total
Expansion begins about three weeks after the expander is placed and continues over roughly 2–3 months with regular saline injections, followed by a second operation to remove the expander and reposition the expanded skin. Most patients are away from normal routines for 3–4 months in total, including 2–4 weeks of recovery after the final reconstructive surgery.
India
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Turkey
$2,000–$7,000
Thailand
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Fractional CO2 or similar ablative lasers create controlled micro-injuries in raised, tight, or discoloured burn scars to stimulate collagen remodeling, improving scar texture, flexibility, itching, and pain. It is typically done in a series of sessions rather than as a single treatment.
Typical recovery · 1–2 weeks
Performed as an outpatient procedure, often with topical or local anaesthesia. Expect crusting, redness, and swelling for 7–14 days after each session; most people resume normal activities within about a week, with 3–6 months of continued collagen remodeling and improvement between the typically several sessions needed.
India
Estimate pending verification — ask your care coordinator for a current quote
Turkey
$395–$1,640 per session
Thailand
$400–$2,200 per session
Cost ranges are indicative estimates for international patients and vary with implant choice, number of levels treated, surgeon, and hospital. Request a personalised quote for your specific case.
Clinical detail: AAOS OrthoInfo, Mayo Clinic Health System, Cleveland Clinic. Cost ranges cross-checked across multiple independent medical-tourism sources per country where marked; ranges flagged "pending verification" could not be independently confirmed at the time of writing.
Faridabad, India
Asia's largest private hospital — 2,600 beds, 64 operation theatres, 81 specialties on a 130-acre campus in Delhi NCR. NABH & NABL accredited. Centres of excellence in oncology, cardiac surgery, BMT, organ transplantation, neurosciences, and IVF.
800+
Specialists
2,600+
Beds
The number of procedures depends on burn severity and surface area. Minor burns may require a single grafting session, while extensive injuries often involve staged procedures over several months. Your surgeon will create a personalized reconstruction plan during the initial consultation.
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